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The campaign and the hopes for millions are done for another four years. The journey has been completed with an exit from the World Cup after reaching the semi finals. The best balanced team has beaten us convincingly in the final knock out match of India. The response from millions of Indian fans has been… Continue reading The same old story once again ?

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The on going India vs Australia test series happening down under is quite gripping in all aspects. We are witness to great cricket from both sides with Smith and Virat Kohli starring from the respective sides. And then there is that ugly aspect of cricket championed by the Aussies which is in ample display on… Continue reading Enlightenment after a big slap

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The cricketing world has again gone wild when the news surfaced that India has formally complained that Jimmy Anderson of England had physically pushed Ravindra Jadeja when the players were walking off towards the pavilion during the lunch break. As this apparently happened in the pavilion tunnel and outside the purview of the television camera's,… Continue reading The eternal bias

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Those who know me well will vouch with full conviction that I hate waking up early in the morning and I prefer to be a late-night person. So, when I had a grueling three weeks in office including some of the weekends as well, I had looked forward for a day off yesterday when at… Continue reading I, me and Sachin

There are many more qualified and experienced people than me who have been pouring in tributes to the God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar ... and right fully so. And yet here I am, another one of those million die hard fan of that man, trying to write something on that same man. But this will… Continue reading You inspired a generation ….

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In modern days, nothing excites more than a sporting rivalry that hinges on the edge with more than sporting skills and expertise. A 'classico' involves lot of passion and honour at stake on the trapeze of too much war-like rivalry that engulfs not just the players in question, but the entire nation. This years India… Continue reading “El Classico” in modern times

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Let me discuss something very weird and to an extent funny - firstly, this has nothing to do with Sachin Tendulkar's personal wealth - everybody knows that he is one of the richest sportsman in India and deservedly he has earned all that by performing over so many years. Today wanted to explore whether Sachin's… Continue reading Sachin and wealth

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In the cricketing world, a controversy has been again created by Nasser Hussain by describing some of the Indian fielders as donkeys on the field. I am not sure whether he really meant the same - most probably not. But what I liked was how the Indian cricket team reacted - basically, they did not… Continue reading The donkeys and the monkeys

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It is the last walk on a sunny afternoon ... though it is summer, the chill in the air was still being felt by many. Sweat, hard work, success and failures - all has been a part of my life. All these qualities are there in any human being; I do not consider myself extra-ordinary,… Continue reading My last walk in England

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I hereby attempt to compare the changing face of two popular sports (at least for many Indians) - Cricket and Soccer. I tend to compare the current state of matters in the respective World Cups with the versions that I watched in the late 80's and try to conclude whether the evolution of the game… Continue reading Evolution – for good or bad ?